> Why? There are already software and programmers and bootloaders
> for developing the dsPIC on Linux. Obviously as a 100% Linux
> user, the ICD2 is completely out of my scope. So if you have
> a minute, explain what does it bring to the table.

debugger!

> > To provide C30 buidling insturction (without the
> > close source optimizer) and packages will be another
> > good thing to do. 
> 
> That's been done by someone else. You've posted the links
> to it. MChip has been very very gracious in sticking to the 
> GPL and releasing the source for C30.

No grace in that at all: if they use something that is GPLed they must
follow the rules! It would be a violation of the copyright law if they
did not.

Rather, they followed the letter (relased the modified source of the
part they used) but violated the spirit (they made a product, of which a
modified GCC is a part, and carefully separated the GPL-ed part from a
closed-source part).

Wouter van Ooijen

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